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Comparing Concept Maps vs. Note-Taking for Study Revision: Experimental Methods in Psychological Research

This session focuses on an experimental method to determine the effectiveness of using concept maps versus traditional note-taking for revision in learning. Participants are tested on their learning based on whether they revise using concept maps or note-taking. The independent variable (IV) is the revision technique, while the dependent variable (DV) is the test score. The session investigates causal relationships between variables, considers extraneous influences, and emphasizes operational definitions in psychology research. The study is inspired by Bickman (1974) and aims to examine the impact of perceived legitimacy on obedience to authority, highlighting the importance of controls and proper operationalization of variables.

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Comparing Concept Maps vs. Note-Taking for Study Revision: Experimental Methods in Psychological Research

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  1. How would you find out if drawing concepts maps was a more effective revision technique than making conventional notes?

  2. Today’s session

  3. Experimental method • A method for establishing whether a causal relationship exists between two (or more) variables

  4. PPs revise using concept maps Test of learning Score Conditions PPs revise using note-taking Test of learning Score IV DV Experimental method

  5. Experimental method • If the DV changes when the IV does, there is assumed to be a causal relationship between them… • …assuming you can rule out other influences on the DV

  6. Experimental method • Extraneous variables • What, besides the revision technique, might affect the DV? • Controls • What could we do to remove extraneous influences on the DV?

  7. Operational definition how we measure it This is what makes psychology empirical Operational definitions Conceptual definition what it is

  8. Bickman (1974) • To investigate the effect of perceived legitimacy on obedience to authority. • What were the variables? • How were IV and DV operationalised? • What controls would have been necessary?

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